Prentice Penny

Review of Netflix film Uncorked: A conventional tale told with routine flourishes of wit and drama

Uncorked (Netflix) Starring Mamoudou Athie as Elijah, Niecy Nash as Sylvia, Courtney B. Vance as Louis Directed by Prentice Penny Rating: **(2 stars) In this season of a home-viewing boom, another American feature film, this one about a son who’d rather be a sommelier than a restaurateur, looks like a Black American version of the Parsi film Maska that Netflix released just two days earlier. Sons don’t want to go into their father’s business, no matter how passionate the patriarch is about his calling. It’s a natural process of genealogical rec | Click Here...